Pakistan Leverages Minerals, Praise to Woo Trump | JQJO

Basking in a Gaza ceasefire “victory lap,” US President Donald Trump hailed Pakistan’s army chief Asim Munir as his “favorite field marshal” and ceded the stage to Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif, who said he would again nominate Trump for a Nobel Peace Prize. Under Trump 2.0, Pakistan has parlayed praise and promised access to rare earths into warmer ties: White House invites, AMRAAM missile approvals, and softer tariffs than India. Munir, newly promoted for helming May’s crisis, fronted a minerals pitch, even as critics warn of military sway and rights crackdowns.